NEWFOUNDLAND REGULATION 58/99

Wild Life Regulations (Amendment)
under the
Wild Life Act
(O.C. 99-252)

(Filed June 18, 1999)

Under the authority of section 7 of the Wild Life Act, the Lieutenant-Governor in Council makes the following regulations.

Dated at St. John's, June 16, 1999.

John R. Cummings, Q.C.
Clerk of the Executive Council

REGULATION

Analysis

        1.   S.107 Amdt.
Firearms, ammunition, permits     and licences

        1. (1) Subsection 107(3) of the Wild Life Regulations is repealed and the following substituted:

             (3)  A person shall not during any closed season for big game carry, transport or possess

             (a)  a rifle or single bullet;

             (b)  a rifled slug that can be fired from a shot gun; or

             (c)  a ball that can be fired from a muzzle loader,

in any place known to be frequented by wild life, except in Labrador a person during the prescribed open seasons may hunt small game with a .22 calibre rim-fire rifle.

             (2)  Subsection 107(5) of the regulations is repealed and the following substituted:

             (5)  A person, other than the holder of a big game licence, shall not, during an open season for big game carry, transport or possess

             (a)  a rifle or single bullet;

             (b)  a  rifled slug that can be fired from a shotgun; or

             (c)  a ball that can be fired from a muzzle loader,

in any place known to be frequented by wild life within a management area other than the management area in which the big game licence is valid, except in Labrador a person may, during the prescribed open seasons, hunt small game with a .22 calibre rim-fire rifle.

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